To support the exponential growth in mobile data traffic and meet the quality-of-service requirements of emerging wireless applications, beyond-5G systems are expected to exploit the large amount of bandwidth available in the sub-THz band. To make this possible, physical-layer technologies are required to take a major energy efficiency leap to allow scalability in dense scenarios and enable essential connectivity in remote areas, yielding huge societal, environmental, and economic benefits. The proposed project places the PI and the University of Oulu at the forefront of the high-frequency revolution for sustainable 6G networks. Specifically, it will bring fundamental knowledge and algorithmic solutions to connect the two contrasting realms of energy efficiency and extremely high operating frequencies (up to 1 THz) in order to reach the 1 Tbps goal in 2030. These results will be achieved by means of a cross-disciplinary approach and a synergy between academic and industrial research.

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